Background

When Bridget Moix began her tenure as general secretary in January 2022, she came back to an organization she knows well.

My time as a student was split between protesting and reading —a true marriage of theory and praxis.

Racism is not only morally wrong, but it also has massive detriments to our economy

The Prevention and Protection Working Group, a coalition of over 200 humanitarian, peacebuilding, human rights, and atrocity prevention experts and organizations, supports robust funding for peacebuilding and atrocity prevention efforts in the State Department, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPs) appropriations bill through the following accounts.

Every two years, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) asks Quaker communities to discern the most pressing legislative priorities for Congress. This input becomes the basis of FCNL’s advocacy work for the coming Congress.

In December 2020, several Quaker organizations, including FCNL, released a joint “Quaker Statement on Migration,” which outlined a shared version for Friends’ work on migration policy. We spoke with Laurel Townhead, human rights and refugees representative for the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva, to learn more about her work and the process behind the document

I was first introduced to FCNL in April 2019 during Spring Lobby Weekend, which focused on immigration reform. I absolutely loved the experience of meeting young people who were just as passionate as me to lobby on the critical immigration issues that need policy change.

Quakers are known for translating their faith into action. Few communities had embodied that commitment more fully than Dover Friends Meeting in New Hampshire and their engagement with sanctuary ministry.

Immigration Reform. Justice for Immigrants. Migrant Protections. The world of immigrants rights uses many—often interchangeable—assertions to name the dignity owed to migrating individuals.

FCNL has issued a series of reports that offer recommendations to President Biden for his first 100 days and to Congress for putting peace at the core of U.S. foreign policy.